Leroy Maluka
# Leroy Maluka

Leroy Maluka (born 22 December 1985) is a South African footballer currently playing for Åbo IFK in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.

He has previously played for Ikapa Sporting in the South African National First Division and for TPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga.

## Career

### Club career

Maluka came to Finland on holiday in the summer of 2010 and ended up on a trial at Kakkonen club Åbo IFK, a co-operation club of TPS. However from there, he was directly promoted to the TPS before he had time to play a match in Kakkonen.

Maluka moved to Tampere United in the summer of 2017. In June 2018, Tampere United announced that Maluka would take the place of the head coach of the representative team that played in Kakkonen after Mikko Mäkelä left the club.

For the 2019 season, Maluka returned to Åbo IFK where he also started coaching one of the clubs youth teams. In November 2019, he was also appointed first team player-assistant coach from the 2020 season.

## Personal life

Leroy Maluka's brother is the artist Mustafa Maluka.

